Re: [RFA][PATCH] Remove gdb support for Nios II target

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 11/26/24 04:41, Simon Marchi wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024-11-25 16:12, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
>> The attached patch removes gdb support for the Nios II target, which has been EOL'ed by the vendor.  I've already pushed the patch to remove support from GCC:
>>
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-cvs/2024-November/413482.html
>>
>> I've also got a separate binutils patch I'm about to post and I'd like to get them both in at the same time.
>>
>> Can someone approve this patch?  I'm not actually the gdb maintainer for this target; Yao Qi is listed but hasn't been active in a while.
>>
>> -Sandra
> 
> The patch LGTM, I just can't remember or find what's our policy for
> this, how much time we want to keep support for a target after gcc has
> dropped support for it.
> 
> The last gcc release with support for it was gcc 14, released in May
> 2024.  gdb 15 was released in July 2024.  So if we want to have at least
> one gdb release after the last gcc supporting a given arch, we already
> have it, meaning this patch could be merged right away (I would be fine
> with that).
> 
> Can someone else give a second opinion?

I guess this basically is, or can be thought of as, a request to remove 
an unmaintained target.

I don't know whether we have an explicit policy on that, but what I 
think is usual is to send a notice that we deprecate the target and need 
a maintainer or we'll remove it, give a deadline and remove if the 
deadline passes without someone stepping up.

Given that gcc already went through the deprecation and removal phase, I 
don't see a need to repeat this for gdb.

So, I'm fine with this.

Thanks,
- Tom